Dr. Laurent Biertho, MD

Dr Biertho completed his “candidat” in Biomedical Sciences and Medical training at the University of Liege in Belgium. At the end of his surgical residency in Belgium, he completed a one year Research Fellowship at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. He then trained in Minimally Invasive Surgery at McMaster University.  At the end of his fellowship in 2005, he was appointed Assistant Professor at McMaster University. He was then offered a position as an Associate Professor of Surgery at Laval University in 2006, to develop Minimally Invasive Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery at the Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et Pneumologie de Quebec, in particular to perform a certain type of bariatric surgery (Duodenal Switch). Currently, the vast majority of the 450 bariatric surgeries performed each year at the IUCPQ use minimally invasive approaches. In addition to developing these clinical activities Dr Biertho contributes to the dissemination and publication of knowledge related to bariatric surgery mostly through clinical studies.